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Balenciaga

Described as “uncompromising, innovative, audacious,” couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga was born in 1895 in a small Basque fishing village and moved to Paris in 1937, establishing a salon at 10 Avenue George V. He invented the style of the 20th century and his supple and light suits, coats and chemise dresses still feel contemporary today.